Martins Karsums assisted on Raimonds Vilkoits' game opening goal in Riga's 3-2 shootout loss to Nizhnekamsk. Karsums played 22:43 in the match. Ex-Lightning camper Niklas Persson had a helper for Nizhnekamsk. He has 1 goal and 6 points in 18 games this season.

Koshechkin is back. The 6'6" goaltender stopped 39 shots in a 2-0 blanking of Novgorod to record his second shutout of the season. Koshechkin still has a long way to go to match his 8 shutouts from a season ago.